Navy's Organizational Transformation: Substantiative Change or Just More Management Hype

Abstract

This paper explores organizational change and transformation within the Naval Aviation Enterprise of the United States Navy. Fueled by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's drive to modernize the bureaucracy within DoD and driven by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), DoD sought to streamline and improve its organizations and processes. Correspondingly, the U.S. Navy set out to transform, recapitalize and modernize itself for the future while simultaneously meeting current wartime and operations readiness requirements. This paper examines the Navy's ongoing organizational transformation, evaluates the impact of the latest BRAC initiatives on the implementation of the Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) Concept and concludes with an evaluation of the FRC Concept progress and prospects for success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA520132

Entities

People

  • Deborah H. Vergos

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Base Closures
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Design Criteria
  • Education
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Aviation
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.